Kaz Matsui
Kaz Matsui
Kazuo "Kaz" Matsuiis a Japanese second baseman for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball. Matsui is a switch-hitter. Matsui has no relation to former player Hideki Matsui...
compared ken sorry
I feel sorry for being compared to him - he's Ken Griffey!
contact good
It was very good location. I just wanted to make contact or do something with it.
coming extremely happened regrets
I am extremely disappointed in how I have played. I have no regrets about coming here. I am not on the (Japanese team) because I haven't produced. It is because of what has happened in the past.
playing
I don't feel any different, ... But I always want to be prepared. I've just got to concentrate on how we're playing as a team.
best letting soon teammates three
Obviously, it's disappointing to me, but I also feel I'm letting my teammates down. There's not much I can do about it. They told me three weeks. I think that's a little long. I'll do my best to get back as soon as possible.
letting teammates
Obviously, it's disappointing on my part. I'm letting my teammates down.
fast field letting obviously personally teammates
Obviously it's disappointing not being able to be on the field because of injury. I think it's disappointing on my part personally as well, letting my teammates down with this injury. But there is not much I can do other than concentrate on getting back on the field as fast as I can.
focusing role
I feel my role right now is to get on base, ... That's all I'm really focusing on.
bad dirt knee pain stopped
When I slid in, my right knee kind of stopped on the dirt and didn't really slide. The pain is not that bad at all.
game meaningful
It was a really meaningful game today, especially at the plate, being able to get those hits.
forget learn past repeat
You never forget what you've done in the past, and I don't think I can forget the past two seasons. I just want to ... try to learn from there and not repeat what happened.
flow last playing situations week
As a team, when you're playing in situations like these, you just want to get a win. You just try to think of anything you can do to overturn the flow of things that have been going the last week or so.
firm grip
During that transfer, ... I couldn't get a firm grip on the ball.
lesser meaningful toes
I think it was a meaningful day. Just because he retired, I don't think there's any lesser competition. I just want to be on my toes all the time.